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Can you guess where they are hiding? It is the boys' empty closet. I decided to take off their closet doors because they kept pinching their fingers playing with it. When the doors were off, I decided it needed to be painted. So last week, Brian and I cleared out the closet and painted the walls and shelves. The kids were around when we cleared it out, and Xander said "Let's get in the doghouse." So, they all three climbed into the bottom shelf and crammed in. I had to get a picture. It was so funny! The closet is done and looks great, by the way. No more pinched fingers and room looks so much bigger without those huge doors.

So, not a lot of earthshattering things have happened here this week, but a few small things are notable. First, Grace is COMPLETELY out of diapers. She had been waking up dry in the mornings, so we told her she didn't have to wear them anymore. She is so excited every morning when she wakes up when we go in her room and she says "I'm dry!" So, that is a huge development.

Our other piece of news is that poor Xander had the stomach flu. Since my food poisoning episode about a month ago, he's been telling me all the time that he has throw up. So, I always send him to the bathroom and make him stand there. Well, he never does throw up. Except for last night. Right before dinner he told me his tummy hurt and that he needed to throw up. So, I sent him into the bathroom and followed him in. Well, sure enough, he actually did throw up a lot and proceeded to do so many more times until bed. Luckily he slept through the night and is drinking some today, even though he has no appetite. Now we just have to make sure the others don't get it, because I will go crazy!

Will has a new name for me. It's no longer "mommy" it's "mommy, mommy, mommy, mom". He consistently calls me this. The other variation is "Mommy, mummy, mommy, mummy." So funny! He's still doing OK with the pottying thing. He tells us he's dry in the mornings, but he's not. I think we're heading in the right direction, though. He's not soaking wet like he used to be. He has a little bit of a cold, enough to set off his asthma. We've started up albuterol treatments, and I had to get him up in the middle of the night last night for one. I think this will be short lived, though.

We went sledding again at the lake by Kara and Wes' on Sunday. It was much more fun this time, more snow!! They are turning into dare-devils. They loved going down as fast they could, until they ran into weeds. Will even fell off a couple of times and went rolling, then stood up and said "I want to do that again!" Thrill seekers, just like their dad. They spent Saturday night with Grandma Hoefs while Brian and I went out for Valentine's Day, then Sunday night we were at the Niebuhrs for Grandpa's birthday. So that's about all. I took some video of them doing their new favorite passtime, dancing. I'll get that uploaded later this week.